Case.



E. OHNSTRAND.

GA$E. APPLICATION FILED FEB; 18, 1911.

Patehted Oct. 20, 1914.

INVENTOR THE NORRIS PETERS CO., FHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT onnron ENOCH OHNSTRAND, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO OLIVE-R M. EDWARDS,

OF SYRACUSE, NEW' YORK.

CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed. February 18, 1911. Serial No. 609,490.

1' b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enoorr OHNSTRAND, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Case, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cases or cabinets in which the frames are bent from sheet metal and has for its object a particularly simple and compact arrangement of the shelf supports and supports for the doors; and the invention consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is ha d to the accompanyingdrawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation of this case. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View thereof.

1 designates the case as a whole.

2 and 3 are the doors of the case, and 4 and 5 upright side supports to one of which, as 4, the door 2 is hinged at 6 and the other of which as 5, is engaged by the free edge of the door 3 when closed. 7 is an intermediate upright support to one side of which the door 3 is hinged at 8 and the other side of which is engaged by the free edge of the door 2. These supports 4, 5 and 7 are narrow strips and project inwardly or rear wardly beyond the planes of the marginal frames of the doors 2, 3. i

The doors include marginal frames 9 usually formed of metal, and glass panels sup ported by the frames, theframes having flanges 10 arranged at right angles to the planes of the panels. such flanges engaging the supports 4h, 5 and 7. y

The supports 1 and 7 are formed with upright channels 11 intermediate of their front and rear edges and spaced apart from the hinges 6 and S of the doors respectively,

such channels receiving ribs 12 provided respectively on the hinged edge faces of the doors 2, 3. Usually a yieldingfiller 13 is placed in the channels 11 forming a cushion for the doors as they approach their closed position.

The case 1 p two sections and the doors 2 and 3 open and close said sections respectively and each section is provided with hollow posts 14 and in the corners at the rear side thereof which together with sheet metal posts assohere illustrated is divided into ciated with shelves 165.

The posts associatedwith the supports are hollow and project laterally in the rear of the upright portions of the marginal frames 0 for the doors respectively so that when the doors are closed, such posts are directly behind the marginal frames of the doors and hidden. from view thereby, and the hollow posts associated with the middle supthe parts 1, 5 and 7 support port 7 and with the side support 5 are pro vided with means for receiving the free edges of the'marginal frames respectively, or'fianges 10 thereof when the doors are closed." These hollow posts are formed of sheet metal and the post 17 associated with the support 4 is substantially rectangular in general outline and extends laterally from i the portion of the support 1 projecting to the rear ofthe plane of the door 2, the rear side of the post 17 engagingthe rear edge of the support 4, and such post being providedat its front side with a flange 18,

themargin of which extends into the lengthangle iron member 2 1 is located within the post 22, one flange of whlch abuts agalnst the side face of the support 5 and the other flange 25 of which is spaced apart from the flange 23, and a strip 26 is interposed between the flanges 23 and 25 and together therewith and with the opposing face of the support forms a channel for receiving the contiguous part of the marginal frame 9 or flange 10 of the door 3 at the free edge of such door. A yielding filler 27 is located in said channel. a

The post 28 carried by the intermediate support 7 is of double construction, and includes the features of the posts 17 and 22,

said post being folded from a single piece of sheet metal and belng SL1 l3Stl1lt12LllYOblong in cross section and opposite end, portions ofthe oblong projecting laterally in y e roariof the marginal frames of the doors 2, 3. The middle portion of the rear side of said post engages the rear edge of the support 7 and said post. is provided with front flanges 29, 30, one of which as 29 extends into the groove or channel 11 of the support 7 and the other of which, in a manner similar to the flange 23 of the post 22, terminates short of the opposing face of the intermediate support 7-.

Angle irons 31, 32 are located within the hollow post 28 on opposite sides of the sin, port 7, one flange of each of the angle irons engages the support 7 and another flange 33 or 84 thereof is located toward the front of 61.5, the; 4 marginal, door. frames, and angle irons supporting,

the .case' and the flange 33 of one of such angle-irons bears against the flange 29, and the flange 34: of the other of such angle irons'is opposed to and spaced apart from th'e fian ge 30.

. A strip 35 is interposed between the flangesSO and 3t and together with the con tigu'ous parts forms a channel in which is placed yielding material 36 for receiving the flange 10 at the free edge of the door 2.

The shelves 16 rest on lugs 37 detachably secured to the hollow posts 14, 15, 1'7, 22 and 28.

;From the foregoing it will be seen that the shelf supports are hidden by the metal lic frames of the doors and the free edge of one door. is close to the hinged edge of the other door so that from the front of the case but a minimum amount of framing is exposed and the case presents an almost solidfront of glass to the observer.

What I claim is:

1. A case having doors provided with marginal frames, an intermediate upright support in the form of a comparatively narrow strip substantially oblong in cross section and arranged with one edge exposed on thefront of the case, said strip projecting inwardly beyond the inner plane of the marginal frames of the doors, and a hollow shelf sheet metal post secured to the rearwardly projecting portion of the strip on' the inner side of the doors and extending laterally on opposite sides thereof in the rear of the upright portions of the man ginal door frames, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A case having doors provided with marginal frames, an intermediate upright support in the. form of a comparatively narrow strip substantially oblong in cross section and arranged with one edge exposed on the front face of the case, said strip projecting inwardly beyond the inner plane of the marginal frames of the doors, a hollow shelf supporting, sheet metal post secured to the rearwardly projecting portion of the support on the inner side of the doors and extendingdaterally on opposite sides of the strip'in the rear of the. upright. portions of arranged within the post and having flanges thereof lying a ainst opposite sides of the real-wardly pr cting portion of the strip, and other flanges thereof extending laterally and opposed to the rear edges of the contiguous portions of the marginal door frames, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

A case having doors provided with marginal frames, an intermediate upright support in the form of a coniparatively narrow strip suli stantially oblong in cross section and arranged with one edge exposed on the front face of the case, said strip projecting inwardly beyond the inner planes of the marginal frames of the doors, and a hollow shelf supporting post substantially oblong in cross section and inclosing the rearwardly projecting portion of tae strip and being secured thereto, opposite end portions of such oblong projecting laterally on opposite sides of the support, subsmntially as and for the purpose set forth.

-l. A case having doors provided with marginal frames, an intermediate upright support in the form of a comparatively narrow strip substantially oblong in cross section and arranged with one edge exposed on the front face of the case, said strip project ing inwardly beyond the inner planes of the marginal frames of the doors, and a hollow shelf supporting post substzntially oblong in cross section and inclosing the rearwardly projecting portioa of the strip and being secured thereto, opposite end portions of such oblong projecting laterally on opposite sides of the support, and the intermediate portion of the rear side of the oblong post being contiguous to the rear edge of said strip, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. A case having doors provided with marginal frames and panels supported by the frames, an intermediate upright support to one side of which one of the doors is hinged and the other side of which is engaged by the free edge of the other door when closed, said support projecting inwardly beyond the planes of the inner faces of the frames of the doors, angle iron mem bers secured to the projecting portion of the support and having flanges opposed to the frames of the doors when the doors are closed, a hollow, shelf-supporting post, substantially oblong in cross-section, inclosing the projecting portion of the support, opposite end portions of such oblong projecting laterally on opposite sides of the support and in rear of the upright portions of said marginal frames and having flanges extending in front of said flanges of the angle iron members, one of said flanges of the post terminating short of. the support, a strip interposed between such short fiange and'the opposing angle 1' iron flange, -the strip being spaced apart from the Opposing face of the support forming a channel for jrecelvlng a portion of one of the door frames, and a yielding filler 1n the channel for engaglng the frame of the door when the door:- is closed, substantially as andfor the purpose SpeClr fled.

6. A case havingdoors providediwith,

marginal frames and panels supported by the frames, an intermediate upright support to one side of which one of the doors'is hinged, and the other side'of which is engaged by the free edge of the otherdoor when closed, the side of the support towhich one of the doors is hinged being formed with a lengthwisechannel, and said support projecting inwardly beyond the plane ofthej inner faces of the frames of the doors, a 1101- low, shelf-supporting post inclosing the pro-' jecting portion of the support and projecting laterally on opposite sides thereof, such post including front flanges extending to ward the support from opposite sides thereof, one of the flanges extending into said lengthwise channel, and a filler located in the channel for receiving means provided on the hinged edge of one of the doors as said door is closing, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. p l 7. A case having doors provided with marginal frames and panels supported by the frames, an intermediate upright support opposite sides of which are engaged by edge faces of the doors when closed, said support projecting inwardly beyond the inner faces of the frames of the doors, a hol low, shelf-supporting post, substantially oblong in cross-section, inclosing the projecting portion of the support, the opposite end portions of such oblong projecting laterally on opposite sides of the support, and the intermediate portion of the rear side of said post engaging the inner edge of the support and such post including flanges ontheouter side thereof projecting toward the support, and angle irons located within said post and having flanges secured to opposite sides of the support and other flanges opposed to the front flanges of said post, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. A case having doors provided with marginal frames and panels supported by the frames, an intermediate upright support to one side of which one of the doors is hinged, the other side of which is engaged by the free edge of the other door when closed, the side of the support to which one of the doors is hinged being formed with a lengthwise channel, and said support projecting inwardly beyond the planes of the inner faces of the frames of the doors when closed, a hollow, shelf-supporting post, substantially rectangular in cross section,-inclosing the projecting portion of the sup port, and opposite end portions of the rectan gle, projecting laterally on opposite sides of theusupport, the middle portion of the rear or inner sideof the post, engaging the; inneror rear edge of the support, said post including front flanges arranged onopposite. sides of the support, one of said flanges extending into the channel and the otherbeing located to the front of the case, farther than the first-mentioned flange and'terminating shortlof the support, angle iron members 10- ,cated in the post and having flanges secured to opposite sides of the support and other flanges located towardthe frontside ofthe post, one of the last-mentioned flanges being opposed to and'spaced apart from the short,

door is closed, such support projecting inwardly beyond the plane'of the inner face of the marginal frame, a hollow sheet metal post secured to the projecting portion of the support and extending laterally in the rear of the contiguous upright portion of the marginal frame of the door when closed,

said post having a flange at its front side entering the channel and a yieldin filler in the channel, substantially as and or the purpose described.

109A case having a door provided with a marginal frame and a panel supported by the frame, an upright support Oneside of which is engaged by the free edge of the vdoor when the door is closed, the support projecting inwardly beyond the plane of the inner face of the'marginal frame, a ,hol low, sheet metal post inclosing the projecting portion of the support and extending lateral-1y from the support, in the rear of the contiguous upright portion of the marginal frame of the door at the free edgelof the door, an angle iron member located within the post and having a flange secured to the support and another flange opposed to said portion of the marginal frame, the hollow post having a flange opposed tothe lastmentioned flange of the angle iron and ter-- minating short of the support, a strip of materialinserted between the two last-mew tioned flanges and together therewith and with the opposing face of the support forming achannel for receiving a portion of the door frame when the door is closed, and a yielding filler in the channel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

11 A; case comprising a door formedwith a marginal frame, and a' panel supported by the frame, an upright support for engaging one" edge of the door when the door is closed, theisupport extending inwardly beyond the plane of the inner'frame of the marginalfiface of the door, a hollow sheet metal shelf. supporting post secured to the projecting portion of the support and eX- tending. laterally therefrom into a position behind one of the sides of the frame of the door, and an angle iron arranged within the post and having. one flange secured to the side of the support and the other flange opposed to the front side of the post, sub

stantially as and for the purpose specified.

12. A case comprising a door formed with a marginal frame, and a panel supported by the frame, an upright support for engaging one edge of the door when the door is closed,

' the support extending inwardly beyond the plane of the inner frame of the marginal face of the door, a hollow sheet metal shelf Zsupporting post secured to the projecting forming a channel for receiving the edge of one of the sides of the door frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 14th day of February 1911.

ENOCI-I OHNSTRAND,

\Vitnesses GEO. G. Norms, E. W. EDWARDS, 2nd.

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